Machine for sorting, counting and packing coins



April 5; 1932.

s.. CHIGEVR MACHINE FOR SORTING, COUNTING AND PACKING COINS Filed Nov. 16, 1929 -3 Sheets-Sheet mNI S. CHIGER April 5, 1932.

MACHINE FOR SORTING, COUNTING vAND PACKING COINS Filed Nov. 16, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 April 5, 1932. s. CHIGER' 1,852,106

MACHINE FOR SORTING, COUNTING, AND PACKING COINS Filed Nov. 16. 1929 s Sheets-Sheet 5 fig 72 Patented Apr. 5, 1932 time SIIE'GIEUND CHIGEBQ OFfBERLIN, GERMANY, AS.SIGN.ORTO "FIRM f- GT1 Zr M. FATENT VEBWERTUNG' AKTIENG'ESELLSCHAF1 OF 'GIJARUSISWITZEIZAND E FOR? 'SORTING, -'C0TJ'NTFElYI'G v -AND EAGKING Y COINS Application filedmovember 16,1929. Serial No.-407,621.

This 'invent ionrelates .to'a mechanism for sorting and counting co1ns, and has for its general Object to provide a mechanism of this character which isoperableato segregate from a quantity of promiscuouslyumtermingled coinsaof various different .d1ameters, only- -coins;of a. certain diameter, to count the segregate coinsof one size, and then coins-of another SlZQ, and so on, from a, quantity of' gated coins, and, when. the segregation and counting of the coins of a certain diameter has been completed, and while the mechanism is being restored to a normal position, to

effect printing of a sheet with data indicative of the number: of .coins segregated and the denomination of such coins.

According to the present. invention, the mechanism is adapted to be used first to segrepromiscuously intermingled coins of various different diameters, until all'of'thecoins have been segregated and counted, and in this connection another object of the invention is to:

provide means whereby the mechanism may I readily be adapted to segregate coins of any vide means whereby-setting of themechanism selected diameter from a quantity of promiscuously intermingled coins of different diameters.

AnOtherobJect of the invention is to profor the sorting and counting of coins of any selected? diameter, automatically locks-the other than those of the selected diameter be ing segregatedand counted.

:jectsin view which will become readily ap-' mechanism against possibility of any coins With the foregoing and variousother obparent .to thoselskilled in the art to which the invention appertains as the nature of; the

r invention is more fully understood, the same lustrated in the accompanying drawings and "consists in the novel features-of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as.

will be hereinafter more fully described, il-

defined in theappended claims.

" In the drawings, wherein like characters "ofreference denote corresponding parts in l the different views Figure l is a top plan-view of a coin sorting and counting mechanism constructed in accordance with the invention; that part of thereof.

the coin sortingamechanism which: is adapted to reject coins ofgreater diameter than-the coins selected to be segregated andi counted being removed to better-illustrate1the coin counting mechanism and the mechanism "for regect ng coins of less (11%11116l381-.tl1&11:tl16 coins selected tocbe segregatedand counted.

T Figure 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly. in longitudinalsection: of the mechanism shown in Figure 1, taken gapproxiinately on "the line 2+2lof Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional View of a crank employed for restoring themeehanism shown in Figures 1 and 2.to a normal position ;upon a completion of the segregation .and. counting :of coins of a selecteddiameter.

Figure 4 is a detail-crosssection ,on-nthe line i4 of Figure 2.

' Figure 5 isa central,"-:verticalsectional 1V1GW through the mechanism for regecting coins of greater diameter than. thecoinsselected .to be segregated and counted; and

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the. mechanism illustrated in F igure 5. Referring in detail to thepractical embodi -n1ent= of the invention illustrated in the drawings and with particularreference to Figures 5 and 6, wherein is illustrated-thatpart of the mechanism which initially handles the coins, 51 designates a platform .or-support on which is -mounted, in-.any suitable manner, a hopper '72-:into which the promiscuously. intermingled coins of differentidiameters tobe sorted and counted are vadapted to be placed. This hopper is of circular shape and-is disposed with its bottom wall 67 inclined as shown; whereby I-the coins are diameter as the insideof'thel hopperand.

which is disposed withlitscunder face'in close relation to the upperlface of the bottom wall of the hopper. l: Formed through said vdisk, at circumferentia-lly spaced points,

is a pluralityof coin: receiving openings 73a.

Formed in the highest portion of the hottom wall 67 of the hopper 72, in the upper face of said bottom wall, is a circular recess in which is disposed a disk 68 the upper face of which'is flush with the upper face of said bottom wall 67, whereby the disk 73, which is rotatable during the operation of the mechanism, is adapted to wipe across of said disk, be brought into alinement therewith, is a coin discharge tube 70.

The disk .73 is adapted to be rotated to convey the coins-from the lower portion of v the hopper 72 to the upperportion thereof, conveying of the coins being efiectedby the openings 78 in said disk.

of the openings 73min said disk successively beneaththe coins contained in the lower part of the hopper,'a coin drops into each opening and is thus carried by the disk to the upper part of the hopper. In this connection it will be observed that the openings 7 8a are disposed at such distances from the center of the disk 73 as to successively aline with the upper open end of the discharge tube 70. Thus it is apparent that if one of the openings 69 in the disk 68 is disposed in alinement with the discharge tube 70, all coins of a'diameter that will pass through thisopening 69 will drop into the tube 70 as the coin containing openings 73a of the disk 73 successively aline-with the opening 69 in the disk 68 that is alined with the tube 7 0, while all coins of a greater diameter than said opening 69 will be carried over said opening by the disk 7 The disk 7 3 rotates in the direction of the arrow in Figure 6, and beyond the tube 70, as regards the direction of rotation of said disk, another tube 78 which is of a diameter 1 as great as the openings 73a in the disk 73 opens at its upper end through the bottom wall 67 of the hopper at a point such that the openings 73a in the disk 73 successively pass thereover, whereby the coins of greater diameter than the effective opening 69 in the disk 68, and that are carried by the disk 73 beyond said opening 69, will gravitate through said tube 78 to any suitable form of collection receptacle arranged therebeneath'.

In this way, a separation of the coins of greater diameter than the coins of a diameter that will pass through a selected opening 69 in the disk68 is effected.

At 77 isdesignated a drive shaft for the disk 78. This shaft extends vertically through the support 51 and at its upper end That is to say, i as the disk rotates, with consequent travel has connected therewith, as at 59, one end of a'rod 57 which is slidably mounted in a pair of spaced bearing lugs 56, 56a carried by the support 51. Thus, longitudinal movement of said rod is effective to rotatably adjust the disk 68 to bring any selected opening 69 thereof into alinement with thetube 70 as is obvious. A coil spring 63 interposed between the bearing lug 56a and a collar 62 on the rod 57 serves to maintain the disk 68 normally in a position with a certain one of the openings thereof in alinement with the tube 70, and inward movement of the rod 57, which is dis posed horizontally directly above the support 51 and extends forwardly and rearwardly with respect to the mechanism, thus is effective to bringthe openings 69 successively into registration with the tube 7 O. Said rod is forked or otherwise suitably formed at" its front end, as at 58, for a purposewhich will later appear.

' Referring now to the mechanism illustrated in Figures 1 to i for separating the coins of smaller size from the coins of the sizeselected to be segregated and counted, it will be observed that-said mechanism is mounted substantially in its entirety between upper and lower supports 51, 5100, the former of which corresponds to the support 51 shown in Figure 5 of the drawings; It may here be stated that the mechanism illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 is disposed above the mechanism illustrated in Figure 1 with the coin discharge tube 70 in discharging relation to a circular recess '51?) formed in the upper face of the support 51 concentric with the shaft 77, so that the coins which drop through said tube 70 are delivered to said recess 51?).

On the shaft 77, within the recess 51b, is fixed a disk 77a of less diameter than said recess,,while' projecting radially from said disk is one or more pusher fingers 77b. The coins are delivered fro-m the tube 70 between the edgeof the disk 77a and the acent side wall of the recess 51?; and thus, as said disk rotates with the shaft '7 7, the coins are pushed around said recess by the finger or fingers 77b.

The support51 is recessed as at 10 to selectively receive any one of a series of sorting plates, one of which is illustrated inthe drawmovablelfrom the recess 1a and when any The gear wheel 32 carries a pawl 35 and the shaft 33 has .a notch 36' formed therein to c be engaged by said pawl, the notch being so positioned relative to the counting devices 8 and 31, and the. effective toothedsurface of the segment 26 .being of such length, that regardless of the positions of the counting devices, the amount of rotation imparted to the gear wheel 32 by a'complete rotary movement of the segment is effective to restore the counting devices to zero position.

The web feed rolls 28 and 29 are geared together by gear wheels 41 and 43 and one of said feed rolls is segmentally recessed as at 44 whereby a small amount of rotary movement of said rolls may initially take place without effecting feeding of the strip or due to the segmental cut away portion of strips 30. Meshing with a gear wheel 42 carried by one of said .rolls is an idler gear .27 with which the segment 26 normally is in mesh at its advance end as regards its direction of rotation. The means (not shown) for pressing the web or Webs 30against the printing devices 8, 14 andv 31 preferably is arranged to be actuated by the shaft 22, and

the roll 28 it follows that initial rotation of the shaft 22 may be made effective to actuate the web pressing means without at the same time advancing the web. j

' A worinwheel 23 is mounted on-the shaft 22 and meshing with this worm wheel is a worm 25 that is carried by a horizontal shaft .16 suitably mounted beneath the support 51'.

A pawl 20 is pressed by a spring 20a into engagement with the shaft 22 and said shaft is provided with a. notch 21 into which said pawl ,is' adapted to drop to prevent further rotation of said shaft following restoration of the counting devices'to zero and after the 7 segment 26 has reached its normal position 7 with the advance end thereof in engagement At 2 is designated a pivotal locking pawl for the slides 1. Each slide is provided with a notch 3 and when any given. slide is engaged in the recess in the locking pawl 2 adapted to snap into the notch 3 of the plate 1 to lock the same against withdrawal. An end of the pawl2 extends in proximity to the shaft 16 and the hub of the handle 15 is provided with a formation 46a which is operable, during initial rotary movement of said handle, to engage the said end of said pawl and to effect swinging movement thereofout of the notch 3. Onlyin this way is Y the pawl 2' disengageable from said notch,

and thus it follows that upon completion of cess 51 of the support 51.

the sorting and counting of coins of any particular denomination, the slide 1 cannot be removed until a printed record of the number of coins that have been sorted and counted has been made.

After coins of one denomination have been sorted and counted, a new slide 1 for colns of another denomination is used to replace the slide previously used and the'operation is thus repeated for coins of other denominations.

The complete operation of the mechanism is as follows :-A slide 1, the opening 80 of which corresponds in diameter to the diameter of a definite coin. to be sorted, is inserted into the recess 1 and becomes locked therein by the pawl 2. As the slide 1 is inserted into the recess 1" the pin 54 of the slide engages the forked end 58 of the rod 57 and through said rod and its connection with the disk 68 rotates said disk to bring the opening 69 therein corresponding in diameter to the opening 80 in the slide into registration with the coin discharge tube 70; Also during insertion of the slide the pin 9 thereof engages the arm 10 and through said arm and its connection with the drum 14 rotates said drum to bring into a printing position the printing charac ters thereof which areindicative of the denomination of the coins corresponding in diameter to the opening 80 in the slide. The mechanism now being in readiness for opera-v tion, the coins to be sorted and counted are depositedin the hopper 72 and power is applied to the shaft 77 to rotate the disks 73 and 77*. As the disk 73 rotates, the individual coins by reason of becoming pocketed in the openings 73 of-said disk, are moved first over the opening 69 in the disk 68 that is in register with the tube 70 and all coins of a diameter that willpass through the opening 69 gravitate through said tube into the re- On the other hand, all coins of a diameter greater than the opening 69 in the disk 68 will be moved by the disk 73 across the opening 69 and finally into register with the tube 7 8, through which tube they will gravitate into a suitable collection receptacle for subsequent sorting and counting.

As the coins which gravitate through the tube 70 drop into the recess 51, they are engaged by the fingers 77 of the rotating disk 77 and pushed by said fingers around said recess and across the slide 1, the coins of smaller diameter than theopening 8O dropping through the opening 80 and the coins of larger diameter than the opening 80 being pushed over said opening to the opening 80 through which they drop for collection in any suitable manner.

As each coin that is of larger diameter than the opening 80 moves from said opening towards the opening 80 it engages one of the peripheral recesses in the wheel 38 and viously stated, the lug 46 of the handle device effecting release of the locking pawl 2 after the printing operation has been completed whereby the slide 1 may then be withdrawn and a new slide inserted for the soring and counting of coins of another denomination;

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that the construction, operation and advantages of the present mechanism will be clearly understood. It is desired to point out, however, that while a single specific embodiment only of the mecha nism has been herein illustrated and described, the invention is capable of embodiment in various other mechanical structures within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a mechanism of the character described, coin sorting means comprising a movable member having a plurality of openings therein corresponding in diameter to the amcter of coins of different denominations, respectively, a slide element adapted to be positioned in operative relation to the mechanism and having a pair of openings therein, one corresponding in diameter to one of the openings in said member and to a selected. size of coin to be sorted and the other beng of smaller diameter, means whereby operative positioning of said slide element moves said member to dispose the opening therein corresponding to the first mentioned openinn; in the slide element in a position to permit coins moved over said opening to drop therethrough, means for moving the coins over said member. and means for moving the coins that drop through said opening first over the smaller and then over the larger opening in said slide element.

2. In a mechanism of the character described, means for separating from a quantity of coins all coins of greater diameter than a selected size tobe segregated, an element adapted to be positioned in operative relation to the mechanism and having a pair of openings therein, one corresponding in diameter to aselected size of coin to be sorted and the other being of smaller diameter, means whereby operative positioning mechanism of the character described, a hopper having a pair of openings i e bottom thereof, disk rotatably mounted ln'the bottom of said hopper and having an annular series of openings formed therethrough adapted by rotation of said disk to be moved successively over the openings in the hopper bottom, a second disk rotatably disposed beneath said first disk and having an annular series of openings formed therethrough corresponding in diameter to'coins of dil'lerent denominations, respectively, and adapted by rotation of said disk to be moved selectively into registration with one of the openings in said hopper bottom, an element adapted to be positioned in operative relation to the mechanism and having a pair of openings therein, one corresponding in diameter to a coin of given diameter and the other being of slightly smaller diameter, means whereby operative positioning of said element rotates the second mentioned disk to aline' the opening therein corresponding in diameter with the larger opening in the element with one of the openings in the hopper bottom, means for rotating the first mentioned disk to convey the coins whereby the coins of the same and smaller diameter than the efiective opening in the second mentioned disk are adapted to drop through the effective o iening therein and whereby the coins of larger diameter are adapted to drop through the other opening in the hopper bottom, and means for moving the coins that drop through the effective opening in the second mentioned disk first'over the smaller and then over the larger opening in said element, whereby the coins of smaller diameter than the larger opening in said element are adapted to drop through said smaller opening thus to be separated from the coins of a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the larger opening.

4. In a mechanism of the character described, means for separating from a quantity of coins all coins of greater diameter than a selected size to be segregated, an element adapted to be positioned in operative relation to the mechanism and having an opening therein of a diameter slightly less than the coin of a selected size to be segregated, means whereby operative positioning of said element adjusts said first mentioned means to render the same eifective to elimlit" inate" all coins of adiameter gfeatgr than the rfn ri-ir iing coin Over the opening ih said plate tcdins 6f les s diametei thla r i" selectd diamtef zii'iy ad apt ed to drop through i said 61 i i 11'g'i thins "09 be elimina'fech 5. Hi a mechanism as set forth in claim 4: a pfinhirigfdrum havi'ng pi'inting charac- 12ers c rr pdfidiiig'to Coins'of difi'efnt denomin itiiins, afnd irieaiis whereby Operative positionifi'g Of said element actuates saiddrum to move to a printing position the printing charz flgijs thredf horl espohding to the coin of sel'ectedsize to be sorted.

SIEGMUND CHIGER. 

